The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-12-23
PERSONAL, GENERAL
And Other Notes Gathered From Various
Sources.


Sources.
DR.. NJ. g.. Vaughan was in tow.
Friday.
Mr.. Will Watkins was in tow.
this week.
Hang up the baby's stocking to
morrow night.
MIR. Geo. A. Jones, of Jones, Sill
ley s. Co., was in town Monday.
Mr.. II. Brannon was in tow
Monday OF a business trip.
Plenty of fresh pork has beer
brought in fiOm the country Ihi
week.
Some venison was brought Il
town Monday and met with a ready
sale at nine cents per pound.
There were no services at any O.
the churches Sunday, all The minis-
tiers being absent.
Mr.. VI. N. Evans as a layman at
tpuded the NJ. Il. Conference at
jackson last week.
Mr.. q. Ii. Wood left this week
for another hunting excursion up
| llIe cunnliy.
Not much Christ mas talk to be
I lrald. Every evidence puints 10 Il
DIRK aud dull holiday season.
The wind shifted around to the
mouth Tuesday night, and blew a
regular blizzard from that direction
all day Wednesday.
The tug Fox has given up its
work Oft Biloxi, and is now again
employed ~ u shipping.
Mis-. DR.. j. j. Washington, OF
Ilandsburu, spent a few days this
week visiting relatives in our town.
Tnr many nienGs of Rev. j. p.
Drake will he glad 10 learn that he
has been returned 10 this place fol
Inofher year.
We understand an effort is being
made TO get lp ii free school at the
Academy. We hope The effort will
hr successful.
Rain, accompanied ty rather
Z ere mother, came down Monday
and outdoor navigation was very
tliSacreeablp.
Mr.. VIM. Salisbury, who left some
lime ago for Birmingham, Ala, is
hero this week, having come to
spend Christmas at bone.
The ma who had his lee broken
last Wednesday at the Phoenix
mil is getting all right again as
rapidly as possible.
We wish for all The readers of the
aud our Moss
friends especially, "a merry
Christmas and IA happy New Year.
The bountiful presence of logmen
our streets tins week has had a
tendency 10 make things rear u
litlicr aspect, and reminds One OF
Moss Point Of old.
The reporter made the trip to
Scranton aud return in something
less than All hour Monday morning
Oh horseback, and has not as yet
recovered from the effects OF it.
Mr.. VIM. Parham generously
furnished gratuiously the oysters
Tor the supper at tbs Academy
Tuesday night, and we are request
ed by the ladies' OF the w. q. I. U.
to tender him their sincere thanks
for the same.
We are requested 10y the presi'
dent to state tho meeting of Hy-
pathean Society, which vas to come
of TO night, has been postponed uu-
til Friday night December 3O;b.
A pretty good drift Of logs came
in on the rise last week. No doubt
the rain of this week will check the
decline of the river and more will
follow. 1t will take two or three
good rises to bring out all logs that
are in the rivers and tributaries.
We surrender the horns for the
biggest oyster yarn to 'Orange
Blossom, the Orange Grove cor
respondent OF The DEMOCRAT-STAR.
Did he not vOuch tor its truthful
ness so unquali6edly, we should feel
tempted to ring our chestnut bell.
The tug Rosalia aud barge made
a trip up PascagOula river this
week-the first for several months,
owing to the low stage of waller
aud brought down about eleven
hundred barrels Of rosin and tur-
pentine, which was carried to New
Orleans.
The wild west show man gave
bis last exhibition here Saturday
aud Monday quietly bundled
his tent aud left for y more congo
NAL cline. His exhibitions nightly
attended by large crowds, and
be must have scooped in some two
or three hundred dollars. he is a
pretty good talker aud thoroughly
understands selling his avid West
Bitters."